- Dates
- 1983-11-11 – 1984-01
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilyhistorymusiccommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1984 Beaver Beacon published William J. Carnes’s obituary and a family-history account linking him to the O’Donnell homestead, Beaver Island visits, music, mechanics, and early motorcycle travel.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper obituary and family history, not a civil record, deed chain, or complete genealogy.
Sources
- Reports William J. Carnes died November 11, 1983, and preserves his family connection through S. Lamus O'Donnell, the Sloptown Road homestead, island visits, violin playing, mechanic work for fishermen, motorcycle travel, and the later transfer of the O'Donnell acreage to the Boy Scouts. It is a published obituary and family history, not a civil death record, deed chain, or complete genealogy. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1984-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary and family-history notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes William Carnes’s obituary and Beaver Island family history, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-william-carnes-obituary-and-island-biography-1983/, accessed [date], citing William J. Carnes obituary, Beaver Beacon, January 1984. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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